{"id":551,"date":"2020-04-22T16:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taractaylor.com\/TCT\/?p=551"},"modified":"2021-10-03T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T18:14:19","slug":"a-tribute-to-a-life-taken-from-us-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taractaylor.com\/TCT\/551\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to a Life Taken From Us Too Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As I mentioned in my last post we lost a dear friend of ours named Kacie Wallace (12\/19\/1986-04\/12\/2020).\u00a0 Don and I learned about her death on April 13th and in the days that passed it was revealed (by a member\u2019s post) that she had stage 4 liver disease and she had died in her sleep.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart has felt heavy all week because she was taken from us much too young.\u00a0 But, she\u2019s not the only friend of mine that has passed away far too young due to natural causes, missadventure <\/span>(a.k.a accidental overdose) <\/span><\/i>or suicide.\u00a0 I have known far too many people that are now ghosts that walk among us.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"This week\u2019s \u201cWorld is Watching You\u201d (Episode 05) is taking a more somber note.\u00a0 For the tribute Matthew Presidente is going to compile video footage & photographs from the shows he & Kacie performed over the years.\u00a0 He also wants to do a version of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and he wants many of the artists that have performed on \"\"his show to sing a verse of the song, sing
\nthe choruses, submit the files and footage\u00a0 to him and he\u2019ll edit it all together.\u00a0 This takes me back to the shows we did together when we (Don & I) lived in Vancouver because,\u00a0 Hallelujah was our go-to all inclusive encore song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The song I chose for episode 05 is a song I wrote not too long after Don and I moved to San Francisco titled I\u2019m \u201cOnly Human\u201d.\u00a0 It was actually the first song I wrote in San Francisco and it\u2019s a song about leaving all of your loved ones behind because you have the chance to embark on a new opportunity & adventure.\u00a0 In this case it was my small tribute to Kacie Wallace because she & I\u00a0 did lose touch for a few years when \"\"Don & I lived in San Francisco.\u00a0 I am glad Kacie and I were able to reconnect in 2019. \u00a0 I also decided to sing a version of the show\u2019s opening song called \u201cThe World is Watching You\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have found that during these times where it feels like \u201cDeath is Everywhere\u201d (<\/span>credit- Martin L. Gore from Depeche Mode)<\/span><\/i> sometimes you have to take a look around and love those around you.\u00a0<\/span>So, for all of you out there that decided to take a moment to read this blog I hope you all stay safe and stay healthy!<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for a glass of wine. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/span><\/p>\n

TCT\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n